James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Twin Cities Area
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

